Entry requirements

60 credits in Science/Technology or equivalent.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, students should be able to:

• give an account of the aims and strategies of production and how these influence production layout and inventory management,
• give an account of basic economic and technical concepts of production and how these relate to one another,
• give an account of production philosophies and their effects on business strategies for efficiency improvement of production systems,
• describe basic production methods,
• apply basic flow simulation for the analysis of production economic concepts and for production development,
• analyse and assess production processes.

Content

Production Management I gives the student an overall picture of efficient production and includes a basic introduction to production strategy, economics, control and development. Lean and Theory of Constraints (TOC) are introduced and analysed as business strategies. The students will apply recently acquired knowledge in a "fictitious" case that includes 1) aims and strategies, 2) current situation analysis, and 3) improvement of a production system. The course contains study visits and a laboratory session for virtual simulation of production systems.

Instruction

Lectures, project work, seminars, laboratory session, written assignments and study visits.

Assessment

Written examination (3 credits). Written assignments and active participation in seminars, laboratory session and study visits (2 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding targeted pedagogical support from the university's disability coordinator.